The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-13
JACKSONVILLE.
The SHOOTING OF ZACK HADDOCK
Annual Regatta of the Florida
Yacht Club.
Sho~ep DAY. Unpleasant for Participants ane
Spectators-The Starters and winners
Fire at Starke Yesterday.

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JACKSONVILLE. FLA. May 12.-Capt
Zack Haddock. who was brutally and,
it was supposed. fatally shot and bruised
about the head last evening while going
to his home near Honeymoon Nurseries.
by desperate named William Page, is
vet alive and DIR. Webster now says he
thinks he will pull through.
Page was accompanied at the time of
his assault upon Haddock by man
named VIM. Ianier. but il is not be
lieved Lanier struck him. Page was
arrested at his home some three miles
from the city this morning by Sheriff
Holland and brought to the
city and lodged in Jail. He
stoutly denies being the perpetrator
of any assault upon Haddock. and says
he will easily prove an alibi. Eye wit
nesses, however, stoutly insist that Page
is the man. And Haddock also says
Page made the attack upon him, struck
him first with the pistol and then shot
him. The ball went under the skin Just
above the right eye. and fortunately
ranged up and down his skull.
The cause of the difficulty was Had
which he claims is due him on a horse
transaction. Captain Jack is a one
armed man, sort of butt about town
and regarded as entirely inoffensive. He
has been acting as doOrkeeper at the
United States Court
THE FLORIDA REGATTA.
The docks and wharves We're lined
with people this mor,ling. long before
the start in the Florida Yacht Club Re
gatta. The Club House was beautifully
decorated inside and out with flags and
bunting. and was the scene of gay.
happy throng of young ladies and gentle
men, specially invited guests Of the
members of the club.
The start was made promptly at IL
O'Clock. Up To this time the day was still
clear, with slight breeze blowing.
There were ten entries in the first and
second class inclusive, the start to be "A
flying one, the line to be crossed at the
booming of the cannon. The entries
Were, in order:
FIRST CLASS.
\. j. Canova's sloop Arrow. l.. ID.
Hosmer's Yacht Cheemaun, Merry and
Arnold's EsteIlc, \. ID. Stephens Ma
kado. Prizes 500. to first. so. to
second in closing the home line. Dis
tance twenty miles.
SECOND CLASS.
H.. apt.;..o "a, tho .aa,nI aIaSs x,-at-.
F. v. Wightman's Hess. \ Burchfield
and c. q. Grasser's Katie H., William
Dempsey's Tempest. Rollins and Spead's
Arthur b. and j. ID. Green's Ellie. These
boats are all under - feet.
After the start in the regatta the day
respect to breeze and rain. Heavy
showers lasted for two hours, making
the greater part of the days sport un-
pleasant for the participants. and disa-
greeable to hundreds of spectators that
had gathered along the river front to
witness the affair.
THE START.
The starting gun was fired promptly at
100 a. M. and the boats crossed the
line i'm the following order.
FIRST CLASS.
Yacht Captain Time
Mkado, Captain stephens ...-.-..--. II Il ca
Estelle, Captain Merry .------- ------- IL - ~
theermaun Captain Kemp IL ~ .
Arrow Capt Canova. of Indian River ii 10 .
The Cheermaun won, crossing the
home line at , O'Clock, ~ minutes. ~
seconds: the Estelle. second at two
O'Clock, forty-nine minutes. nine seconds;
the Arrow and Mikado distanced.
In second class the Hero. the property
of Frank Wightman. of this city. sailed
by Capt. FOzzard, was an easy winner i'm
two hours. five minutes: the Katie. b. by
Capt. Williams. a good second: the Ar
thur b., by Capt. Broward, third; the
Ellie, by Capt. Green. and the Tempest,
of New Berlin, Capt. Dempsey. dis
tanced.
The closing ball of the season is now
going on at the club house and is very
largely attended by the elite of the city
and is a brilliant affair.
FIRE AT STARKE.
y. j. Jones & Cos store. and Thos.
Sweats residence We're burned at Starke
this afternoon. Mr. Jones and wife and
Sweat's family were here to-day on an
excursion from Starke AMI spent the
day at Pablo Beach. CAM l.